It's so weird to me that the Spanish stop signs say "STOP" and not "PARE" or "ALTO". It's surreal as shit that they don't use their own language in their stop signs.
I get it probably has to do with the some EU standard, but still
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@astra_vulpes yup, stop signs are deemed so important that they're standardized, but not by the EU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Signs_and_Signals
@astra_vulpes I'm guessing the text is so you don't have to remember what it means. It's also the only sign that's an octagon specifically because it's so important… dunno how internationally recognized the word "stop" is, it's very similar to the German "stopp"
@noiob that's so weird to me. I feel a red octagon should be clear enough to denote a stop sign, right? I mean, our yield signs are an upside down white trialgle with a red edge and everyone knows what they are. Is it really necessary to put text a stop sign?